B. Banful

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Publishing since 1998, latest 2026

Senior Lecturer and Agronomist at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana From ORCID

Plant Science
Molecular Biology
Agronomy and Crop Science
Soil Science
Food Science
Forestry

Publications: 381998–2026
Citations: 244to those papers
h-index: 8i10-index 7
Field-weighted impact: 0.861.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 8%3 of 38 scored papers
Open access: 79%30 papers free to read

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Career

On their papers

Publications

38 in all

Preserving crop genetic diversity through traditional seed systems: insights from farmer-saved fonio (Digitaria exilis (Kippist) Stapf) landraces in Northern Ghana
2026Genetic Resources and Crop EvolutionJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.1007/s10722-026-02824-6
Knowledge and practice around cocoa pollination among tropical agroforestry communities

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Citations received each year

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What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Plant Science3284%
Molecular Biology718%
Agronomy and Crop Science513%
Soil Science513%
Food Science411%
Forestry411%
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics38%
Horticulture38%
Pharmacology38%
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences25%

Life Sciences

Topics most written on

Banana Cultivation and Research11
Cassava research and cyanide7
Nematode management and characterization studies7
Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems5
Plant tissue culture and regeneration5
African Botany and Ecology Studies4
Seed Germination and Physiology4
Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy3
Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques3
Growth and nutrition in plants3
Hibiscus Plant Research Studies3
Polysaccharides Composition and Applications3

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

26% of their papers have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

Nigeria4
Cameroon4
Tanzania2
United Kingdom2
Kenya1
Uganda1
India1
Côte d’Ivoire1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Council for Scientific and Industrial ResearchGH10 papers
University of GhanaGH6 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureNG4 papers
University for Development StudiesGH4 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureCM4 papers
Cocoa Research Institute of GhanaGH3 papers
International Institute of Tropical AgricultureTZ2 papers
Council of Scientific and Industrial ResearchIN1 paper
Durham UniversityGB1 paper
Royal Botanic Gardens, KewGB1 paper

Where they publish

Agroforestry Systems4
American Journal of Plant Sciences4
Journal of Experimental Agriculture International4
Environment Earth and Ecology2
Ghana Journal of Agricultural Science2
Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

2Zero hunger15
15Life on land8
6Clean water and sanitation2
11Sustainable cities and communities1
13Climate action1

Most cited

Floral Phenology of Upper Amazon Cocoa Trees: Implications for Reproduction and Productivity of Cocoa
ISRN Agronomy2
201248 citationsOpen access · Diamond
Yield of plantain alley cropped with Leucaena leucocephala and Flemingia macrophylla in Kumasi, Ghana
Agroforestry Systems15
200031 citations
Evaluation of Breeding Substrates for Cocoa Pollinator, Forcipomyia spp. and Subsequent Implications for Yield in a Tropical Cocoa Production System

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Agroforestry Systems

Effect of Soil Amendment on the Functional and Pasting Properties of False Horn Plantain Flour

2018International Journal of Environment Agriculture and BiotechnologyJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citation10.22161/ijeab/3.1.36

Use of soil amendments for urban horticulture in the savannah and forest areas of Ghana

2015Journal of Soil Science and Environmental ManagementJournalOpen access4 citations10.5897/jssem14.0446

Assessing the factors of adoption of agrochemicals by plantain farmers in Ghana

2011Journal of Enterprising Communities People and Places in the Global EconomyJournalSenior author17 citations10.1108/17506201111119617

Response of False horn plantain to different plant densities and frequency of handweeding

1999Ghana Journal of Agricultural ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citation10.4314/gjas.v32i2.1899

Advances in Agriculture

African Journal of Agricultural Research1

How it can be read

79% free to read

Diamond 24 · 63%Free to read and to publish
Gold 3 · 8%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 5%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 3%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 8 · 21%Behind a paywall

Who funds it

6 of 38 papers name a funder

Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana2
Aarhus Universitet1
Calleva Foundation1
International Tropical Timber Organization1
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1

American Journal of Plant Sciences

201321 citationsOpen access · Diamond

Assessing the factors of adoption of agrochemicals by plantain farmers in Ghana

Journal of Enterprising Communities People and Places in the Global Economy

201117 citationsWorld top 10%